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A devastating landslide wipes out a village in Sudan's Darfur, killing more than 1,000 people

CAIRO (AP) - A devastating landslide wiped out a village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, killing at least 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country's recent hi...

Sep 01, 2025

Trump says he's awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday he's awarding Rudolph Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, announcing the honor the day after his political ally and former New York mayor w...

Sep 01, 2025

Naomi Osaka defeats Coco Gauff at the US Open to reach her first major quarterfinal since 2021

NEW YORK (AP) - Naomi Osaka eliminated Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 at the U.S. Open with a far more confident and consistent brand of tennis Monday to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal in more than 4 1/...

Sep 01, 2025

Russia is suspected of jamming the radar of EU leader’s plane above Bulgaria, an official says

BRUSSELS (AP) - A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen was hit by radar jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday. The plane lande...

Sep 01, 2025

A strong earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 250 people and injures 500

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A strong earthquake in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border has killed at least 250 people and injured at least 500 others, officials said. The quake late Sunday hit ...

Aug 31, 2025

Rudy Giuliani injured in New Hampshire car crash, his spokesperson says

Rudy Giuliani is recovering from a fractured vertebrae and other injuries following a car crash in New Hampshire, a spokesperson for the former New York City mayor said Sunday. Giuliani's vehicle was ...

Aug 31, 2025

US judge bars government from sending Guatemalan children back, for now

HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) - A U.S. judge at least temporarily blocked the government Sunday from deporting a group of Guatemalan children who had crossed the border without their families, after their law...

Aug 31, 2025

Israel kills Hamas spokesperson as hospitals report dozens killed in Gaza City

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, announced Sunday that Abu Obeida, a spokesperson for Hamas' armed wing, was killed in Gaza over the weekend. Obeida's last stat...

Aug 31, 2025

Pope Leo XIV denounces 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV on Sunday denounced the "pandemic of arms, large and small," as he prayed publicly for the victims of the shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States. ...

Aug 31, 2025

The unwritten rules of tennis, and why post-match handshakes sometimes go awry

NEW YORK (AP) - There's been a lot of talk about the unwritten rules of tennis during Week 1 of this U.S. Open, whether it's the necessity of a " sorry, not sorry " raised hand after a let cord or the...

Aug 30, 2025